EP3464986B1 - Doppelte trägerplatte zur befestigung von optischen vorrichtungen in einem ausgesparten klemmelement - Google Patents

Doppelte trägerplatte zur befestigung von optischen vorrichtungen in einem ausgesparten klemmelement Download PDF

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EP3464986B1
EP3464986B1 EP17739302.2A EP17739302A EP3464986B1 EP 3464986 B1 EP3464986 B1 EP 3464986B1 EP 17739302 A EP17739302 A EP 17739302A EP 3464986 B1 EP3464986 B1 EP 3464986B1
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László NOVÁK
Balázs KÁRMÁN
Sándor VADÁSZ
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16M—FRAMES, CASINGS OR BEDS OF ENGINES, MACHINES OR APPARATUS, NOT SPECIFIC TO ENGINES, MACHINES OR APPARATUS PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE; STANDS; SUPPORTS
    • F16M11/00—Stands or trestles as supports for apparatus or articles placed thereon ; Stands for scientific apparatus such as gravitational force meters
    • F16M11/02—Heads
    • F16M11/04—Means for attachment of apparatus; Means allowing adjustment of the apparatus relatively to the stand
    • F16M11/041—Allowing quick release of the apparatus
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G03—PHOTOGRAPHY; CINEMATOGRAPHY; ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USING WAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; ELECTROGRAPHY; HOLOGRAPHY
    • G03B—APPARATUS OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR TAKING PHOTOGRAPHS OR FOR PROJECTING OR VIEWING THEM; APPARATUS OR ARRANGEMENTS EMPLOYING ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USING WAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR
    • G03B17/00—Details of cameras or camera bodies; Accessories therefor
    • G03B17/56—Accessories
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16M—FRAMES, CASINGS OR BEDS OF ENGINES, MACHINES OR APPARATUS, NOT SPECIFIC TO ENGINES, MACHINES OR APPARATUS PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE; STANDS; SUPPORTS
    • F16M13/00—Other supports for positioning apparatus or articles; Means for steadying hand-held apparatus or articles
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G02—OPTICS
    • G02B—OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
    • G02B7/00—Mountings, adjusting means, or light-tight connections, for optical elements
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G03—PHOTOGRAPHY; CINEMATOGRAPHY; ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USING WAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; ELECTROGRAPHY; HOLOGRAPHY
    • G03B—APPARATUS OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR TAKING PHOTOGRAPHS OR FOR PROJECTING OR VIEWING THEM; APPARATUS OR ARRANGEMENTS EMPLOYING ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USING WAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR
    • G03B17/00—Details of cameras or camera bodies; Accessories therefor
    • G03B17/56—Accessories
    • G03B17/561—Support related camera accessories
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G03—PHOTOGRAPHY; CINEMATOGRAPHY; ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USING WAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; ELECTROGRAPHY; HOLOGRAPHY
    • G03B—APPARATUS OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR TAKING PHOTOGRAPHS OR FOR PROJECTING OR VIEWING THEM; APPARATUS OR ARRANGEMENTS EMPLOYING ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USING WAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR
    • G03B17/00—Details of cameras or camera bodies; Accessories therefor
    • G03B17/56—Accessories
    • G03B17/566—Accessory clips, holders, shoes to attach accessories to camera
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16M—FRAMES, CASINGS OR BEDS OF ENGINES, MACHINES OR APPARATUS, NOT SPECIFIC TO ENGINES, MACHINES OR APPARATUS PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE; STANDS; SUPPORTS
    • F16M2200/00—Details of stands or supports
    • F16M2200/02—Locking means
    • F16M2200/025—Locking means for translational movement
    • F16M2200/027—Locking means for translational movement by friction

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  • the invention relates to a double support plate connectable to an optical device which can be inserted and fixed in a connected state into a grooved clamping element to be mounted in a stander (tripod), the support plate has an elongated flat rectangular body having planar boundary surfaces, and at the opposite sides thereof longitudinal grooves are provided that have profiles fitting to the groove of the clamping element and in the central part of the body an opening is provided for fixing the optical device.
  • Document US9223190 discloses such a known support according to the preamble of claim 1.
  • L-brackets For the fixing of optical devices, primarily cameras double support plates are widely used, which are generally termed as "L-brackets". Furthermore, for the releasable connection of optical elements ARCA parts are widely used, which comprise substantially a first clamping element in which a swallow tail shaped groove is provided (that have inclined boundary surfaces with 45° angle of inclination), and the width of the groove can be changed by an adjusting means.
  • the other element has outer edges inclined to fit and conform to the groove of the other element, and by opening the groove the counter piece can be inserted in the groove, it can slide along the groove in longitudinal direction and by decreasing the width of the groove the elements can be fixed at any position.
  • L-shaped double brackets are widely used for holding a camera on a stander, wherein both legs of the L-bracket can be clamped by an ARCA connection in a leveled clamping element mounted on the top of the stander (being a tripod). If the camera held by the L-bracket is attached at the first time with one of its legs to the clamping element and at the second time with the other leg, then the camera will first be in a landscape and in the other case in a portrait position, whereby the user can decide the position how he wishes to fix the camera on the stander.
  • Such a typical L-bracket is disclosed e.g. on the website: http://www.acratech.net/l-brackets-and-nodal-rails/universal-l-bracket/.
  • This accessory has a high price amounting to USD 230 and it has a large size whereby it is not simple to be carried.
  • L-brackets are more inconvenient if the camera or video recorder held thereby is connected by a cable to an electronic device (e.g. power supply or amplifier), because the cable together with its connector is coupled to one side of the machine, and its present renders the turning of the machine by 90° difficult.
  • an electronic device e.g. power supply or amplifier
  • the fast fixing of the machines to a tripod in two positions differing by 90° is often required, therefore the L-brackets used up to the present are too expensive and in given cases they cannot be used at all.
  • the task of the invention is to provide a universal double support plate which is cheaper and easier to be carried, which can fix the connected optical device in any of two normal positions in a clamping element, wherein the present of any cable connected to the device cannot prevent the free attachment by the support plate.
  • the thickness of widely used ARCA or other support plates is sufficiently large to allow the formation of respective transversal inclined surfaces at one of its ends that fit in the groove of the clamping element, then by means of these transversal support surfaces the support plate can be clamped in the same clamping element when it is in standing position, and it can be fixed therein with a sufficient stability.
  • the transversal positioning can be made more stable if the double support plate gets suddenly wider in the region of the transversal wedge shaped ribs, and the widened bottom part has a planar bottom surface, and the transversal inclined wedge ribs are provided on this bottom part and the longitudinal grooves extend through the wider bottom part.
  • connection of the clamping element and the double support plates can be provided also if the profile provided on the first element fits and conforms to the profile on the other element, and the roles of the grooves and the opposite wedge ribs are interchanged. In this case it is preferred if the mutually connected surfaces of the clamping element and the double support plate allow form-fitting closure.
  • closure covers the situation when the conforming surfaces are pressed to each other then the pressed connection prevents any displacement. This connection is the best when the connected surfaces are the inverse of each other.
  • Fig. 1 shows a widely used embodiment of an ARCA type clamping element 1, that has a flat body 2 having a threaded bore 3 leading therethrough by which the clamping element 1 can be fixed to a stander (tripod) or ball head not shown in the drawing.
  • a stander tripod
  • ball head not shown in the drawing.
  • At the two sides of the body 2 respective guiding grooves are provided which have inclined guiding surfaces 4, 5 having an angle of inclination being preferably 45° in inward and upward direction, wherein the guiding groove provides a conventional "swallow tail" type guiding.
  • One of the guiding surfaces of the guiding groove is constituted by the material of the body 2, and the opposite guiding surface 5 is part of a pressing body 6 which is connected to the body 2 in a guided manner, and its position can be adjusted in the direction of the width of the groove by a head 7 of a bolt.
  • Fig. 2 shows a widely used ARCA type support plate 8 in perspective view that has a flat rectangular body 9, and respective grooves 10 extend along the sides of the body 10.
  • the grooves 10 have guiding surfaces that widen from the central interior part in outward direction, wherein the spacing between the grooves and their angles of inclination correspond to the similar sizes of the guiding path provided on the clamping element 1 shown in Fig. 1 , whereby the support plate 8 can be inserted in the swallow tail shaped grooves of the clamping element 1 and it can be freely adjusted along the length thereof.
  • the support plate 8 By fastening the head 7 the support plate 8 can be fixed in any position because this fastening presses the opposite guiding surfaces 4, 5 to the grooves 10 of the support plate 8.
  • a bore is provided and a threaded bolt 11 is lead therethrough.
  • Fig. 2 only the threaded surface of the bolt 11 can be seen that extends out of the bore.
  • the head of the bolt cannot be seen in the drawing and it is arranged in a recess formed at the rear side of the support plate 8.
  • the support plate 8 can be connected to the device held thereby by means of the bolt 11, wherein the device can be e.g. a camera that has a threaded bore in its bottom part that fits the thread of the bolt 11.
  • the support plate 8 shown in Fig. 2 can be inserted only in one possible way in the interior of the clamping element 1 namely when the upper plane of the body 2 meets the bottom plane of the support plate 8.
  • Figs. 3 and 4 show the top and front views of a double support plate 20.
  • the design of the double support plate 20 is substantially identical with that of the support plate 8 shown in Fig. 2 , the difference lies only in the design of the bottom end of the support plate 20 as shown in Fig. 4 .
  • inclined wedge ribs 22, 23 are provided that extend in transversal direction and normal to the plane of the plate, and the profile of the ribs 22, 23 fits in the swallow tail shaped grooves provided by the guiding surfaces 4,5 of the clamping element 1.
  • two longitudinal grooves 24, 25 are provided which are similar to the grooves 10 of the support plate 8 shown in Fig. 2 , whereby the double support plate can be inserted and fixed in the clamping element 1 shown in Fig. 1 in the same way as the support plate 8.
  • the bottom plate 26 of the double support plate slides on and is supported by the upper surface of the swallow tail shaped groove defined by the guiding surfaces 4, 5 of the clamping element 1.
  • the upper part 27 of the double support plate 20 was drawn with a dashed line because for the fixing in the clamping element 1 the lower half drawn with a full line is sufficient, however in the practice grooves formed by double wedged surfaces are used, because such a design can be used following the fixing in the clamping element 1 for clamping a further different element.
  • the thickness of the double support plate 20 is 0,375 inch i.e. 9,52 mm when ARCA sizes are used but if the upper part 27 is designed in a different way it is suggested that the thickness be at least 8 mm.
  • an elongated or circular opening 28 is provided in the flat body 29 of the double support plate for the accommodation of a bolt not shown in the drawing but which is used for fixing an optical device e.g. a camera similar to the bolt 11 shown in Fig. 2 .
  • the double support plate 20 can be fixed in a standing position i.e. normal to the plane of the plate in the swallow tail shaped groove of the clamping element 1, because in that case the surface of the lower end 21 of the standing double support plate 20 will contact and supported by the upper support surface of the clamping element 1, and the transversal wedge ribs 22, 23 will be fitted in the guiding surfaces 4, 5 of the clamping element 1.
  • the thickness of double support plate 20 is at least 8 mm, because this size is sufficiently great that the grooves of the clamping element 1 can clamp and hold the double support plate 20. It should be noted, however that this thickness value is not critical and a well usable double support plate 20 can be realized even with narrower i.e. less thick designs.
  • Figs. 5-7 show the side and front view of a further double support plate that has a wider bottom part.
  • the wedge ribs 32, 33 shown in Fig. 6 correspond substantially to the wedge ribs 22, 23 shown in Fig. 4 .
  • Fig. 5 only the wedge rib 32 is visible.
  • respective longitudinal grooves 35, 36 are provided which are similar to the longitudinal grooves in the previous embodiment. These grooves are covered in Fig. 6 and their internal edges are illustrated by dashed lines.
  • Fig. 7 shows clearly the inclined meeting zones formed at the bottom of the double support plate, as well as the widening of one side of the bottom part 31.
  • the most significant advantage of the double support plate 20, 30 according to the invention lies in its simplicity and low cost. If a camera is attached to any of the double support plates 20, 30 then the camera can be positioned without removing the connection to the plate in such a first way that the larger plate surface of the double support plate 20 or 30 contacts the support plate of the clamping element 1. This arrangement corresponds to the generally used landscape position. If there is a need of using of camera in a normal position thereto i.e.
  • the double support plate 20 or 30 is removed from the clamping element 1 and the lower end 21 or the wider bottom part 31 is placed on the support plate of the clamping element 1, and in this case either the wedge ribs 22, 23 or 32, 33 are inserted in the swallow tail shaped grooves of the clamping element 1. In this case the position of the camera will be changed.
  • the previously used large and expensive L-brackets can be spared which is preferred not only because of the lower costs but it might eliminate the need for the user to carry both a linear and a separate L-bracket.

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  1. Doppelträgerplatte, die mit einem optischen Gerät verbindbar ist und die in ein an einem Ständer zu montierendes genutetes Klemmelement (1) in verbundenem Zustand einschiebbar und fixierbar ist, wobei die Trägerplatte einen langgestreckten flachen rechteckigen Körper (29) mit ebenen Begrenzungsflächen aufweist und an deren gegenüberliegenden Seiten Längsnuten (24, 25) vorgesehen sind, die Profile, die in die Nut des Klemmelements (1) passen, aufweisen, und wobei im mittleren Teil des Körpers (29) eine Öffnung (28) zum Einsetzen eines Bolzens, der die Verbindung mit dem optischen Gerät realisiert, vorgesehen ist,
    dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass an einem Endabschnitt des Körpers (29) quer geneigte Keilrippen (22, 23) in den gegenüberliegenden Seiten des Körpers (29), die sich sowohl normal zu den Längsnuten (24, 25) als auch zur Ebene des Körpers (29) erstrecken, vorgesehen sind, wobei das Profil der Keilrippen (22, 23) dem Profil der Längsnuten (24, 25) an den Seiten des Körpers (29) entspricht, wobei die Trägerplatte zusammen mit der damit verbundenen optischen Einrichtung in das genutete Klemmelement (1) in einer von zwei zueinander normalen Stellungen lösbar eingesetzt und fixiert werden kann, wenn entweder die Längsnuten (24, 25) oder die quer geneigten Keilrippen (22, 23) in das genutete Klemmelement (1) eingesetzt werden.
  2. Doppelträgerplatte nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass sowohl die Längsnuten (24, 25) als auch die quer geneigten Keilrippen (22, 23) Schrägflächen vom Typ ARCA mit einem Neigungswinkel von 45° aufweisen.
  3. Doppelträgerplatte nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der Körper (34) der Doppelträgerplatte (30) im Bereich der quer geneigten Keilrippen (32, 33) sprunghaft breiter wird und das verbreiterte Unterteil (31) eine ebene Bodenfläche aufweist, und an diesem Unterteil (31) die quer geneigten Keilrippen (32, 33) vorgesehen sind, und sich die Längsnuten (35, 36) durch das breitere Unterteil (31) erstrecken.
  4. Doppelträgerplatte nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 3, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die aneinander befestigten Flächen des Klemmelements (1) und der Doppelträgerplatte (20, 30) konform ausgebildet sind.
  5. Doppelträgerplatte nach Anspruch 4, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die sich anschmiegenden Flächen zueinander invers sind.
  6. Doppelträgerplatte nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 5, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Dicke des Körpers (29) mindestens 8 mm beträgt.
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